Hotel Replaces Bedside Bibles With '50 Shades Of Grey': Hilarious or Horrible?

Nope your misinformed if you think your religion's texts apply to people of other paths.

You'll find out soon enough. God loves you anyway.

Nope sry your wrong so you can take your "love" (which has killed a bunch of people btw) and shove it.

It has no baring on anyone else.

e Bible is only respected by those who follow it. To the rest of us its a long boring narrative punctuated with bouts of extreme violence, arbitrary judgement and the occasional good deed.

Take out Bibles: fine. Put in other books: fine. But putting smut in at all (let alone in place of a Holy Book) is unacceptable.

Replaced the Bible with porn?

Well if you ever wonder what's wrong with society...
yah don't get it now, yah never will...

At least the Bible is great literature whether you believe in it or not.

That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Oh, I'll just bet they've been getting sent scripture over that!!!!

Another excuse for jihad. Imagine what will happen when a Muslim opens that drawer. Even they have a bit of respect for the Bible.

Like Christians "respect" the Koran?

I think most Christians would not defile the Koran; bad apples in every barrel and on both sides.

And I don't think most Muslims would "defile" 50 shades of Gray" either. They'd probably simply not read it.

I don't know if it's horrible or hilarious. Seems stupid to me.

wtf? why is everybody so pissed, if you dont like it bring your on god damn bible

Christians are perpetually pissed off. It's the fuel for their supernatural fire.

They're both fiction. What's the diff?

and disgusting! I've heard of people who were on the verge of suicide picking up the Bible in a hotel room and changing their mind. Doubt very much this book does much for anyone.

That's funny as hell.

I don't even want to imagine how much business the hotel's going to gain (or lose) when the women start doing things only Heaven knows about while reading this.

Disgusting

If it was in my hotel room I wouldn't even bother picking it up.

It's actually kind of funny since the demographics show those who read 50 Shades more than anyone else was Conservative CHRISTIAN women.

They should have replaced the bibles with vibrators. Maybe the the far right bible thumpers wouldn't be in such a sour mood all the time.

Much more moralistic book to put in there. Moving on the right track!

Silly actually - Gideons International provides those Bibles free of charge and has done so for many years. There is no reason why the hotel can't put the Bibles in the rooms along with whatever other literature they want to provide. The book they provided probably cost them a few bucks. When people are alone in their rooms and feeling lonely, the Bible is a source of comfort - the anti-Christian, anti-Bible sentiment in today's world is sad.

It's only a source of comfort if you believe. To the rest of us its just a long winded particularly violent fairytale.

If you don't want to read it - don't. But, there are many people who stay in motels who may find the Bible helpful. Why would it offend you that a Bible would be tucked a way in a drawer in a motel room? The Bible is provided free of charge - it certainly doesn't add to the cost of the room. If a motel puts literature in the rooms that costs them money; the cost will certainly be passed down to the customers eventually. I would find that objectionable, regardless of what it was.

The point is you can't validate it's existence in the room on the basis that you think it's helpful to alot of people. The fact that it's free, sure but not that it's helpful. I find the bible no more helpful or comforting then 50 shades of grey and I'm hardly alone in this. Furthermore why would it offend you that it's NOT in the drawer and 50 shades is? And did the cost in hotels actually go up when they replaced the bible or are you simply saying it could?

First of all, I can validate that the Bible is regarded as a help to a lot of people. There is testimony after testimony of that fact - that is why the traditon has continued for all of these many, many years. You can google that for yourself. Even though you may not find it helpful does not mean that others may. Your logic is ridiculous and self centered.

Secondly, I never said I was offended. I am not offended if the Bibles are not there. I carry my own Bible whenever I am on a trip. But, you seem to be offended it they are placed there. Why is that? If a motel manager wants to put some other book in the drawer; go for it.

I said that it seemed silly and unnecessary considering the fact that the Bibles were placed there free of charge. I don't know that the 50 Shades books were placed there at a cost but it seems most likely that they were. I don't imagine that the author or the publishing house is going to be giving those things away. If they are put there as a cost; it stands to reason that the motel manager will have to pass that cost on to his customers eventually. It also seems likely that the books may get stolen and add to the cost.

That is outrageous. If I found that in any room I would leave immediately!

That. Is. AWESOME! I read 50 Shades, and really liked it, as ashamed of myself as I was. It's the characters that draw you in, and, ok, a little bit of curiosity over it being "porn", which it isn't really. Just soft-core porn.

Its offensive to me that people would replace any holy book with this filth. Honestly. Its just offensive any way you look at it. I happen to be Christian, but if it were the Torah or the Quaran I would feel the same way.

there are some things that do not need to change

People say to me 'Ally, you are a bookworm who has a very high sex drive, surely youre into 50 Shades?'
To which I say 'I have a book collection that spans hundreds upon hundreds of the greatest works of literature and academia... and a broadband connection. So I dont have to sully myself, thank you.'

My objection is not to the Bible not being placed in the hotel but to an erotic novel which is both a poor novel and poor erotica being placed there.

Good point!

Thanks!!

Hit the nail on the head, it so badly written it has the artistic and stimulating merit of the smell my dog is so proud of after he has rolled on a dead snail.

bahahahahha. I do not think hotels should have bibles at all anyways.